Fellowship opportunities

Opportunities: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obesity Research

The Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham announces the availability of post-doctoral fellowships funded through the NIH T32 grant (T32DK062710) awarded to Dr. David Allison by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The funds from this grant may be used only for US Citizens or permanent residents. In very rare ...

Global health opportunities within pediatric subspecialty fellowship training programs: surveying the virtual landscape

BACKGROUND There is growing interest in global health among medical trainees. Medical schools and residencies are responding to this trend by offering global health opportunities within their programs. Among United States (US) graduating pediatric residents, 40% choose to subspecialize after residency training. There is limited data, however, regarding global health opportunities within traditi...

Hand Surgery Fellowship Selection Criteria: A National Fellowship Director Survey

BACKGROUND Candidate characteristics for hand surgery fellowship training remains unknown, as very little data is available in the literature. This study aims to provide information on the criteria that are employed to select candidates for the hand surgery fellowship match. METHODS A 38-question survey was sent in April 2015 to all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recogni...

Family medicine obstetrics fellowship graduates: training and post-fellowship experience.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family medicine obstetrics and maternal-child health fellowships offer family physicians additional training in pregnancy care. Our objectives were to assess the content of these fellowship programs, the clinical practices of fellowship graduates, and factors associated with inclusion of cesarean delivery in practice after fellowship training. METHODS A survey was se...

The radiology fellowship and fellowship match: current status.